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John Quincy Adams, The Hague, letter to Jean Luzac :

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Description: Regarding the recent U.S. presidential election of 1796; is sending a copy of President Washington's recent speech to Congress. Discusses the seizing of American ships by the French Directory.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1797 January 29.
Call number: mssHM 22839
Creator: Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from George D. Smith, 1920 or 1921.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.

John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, Russia, letter to James Madison :

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Letter written while Adams was serving as minister to Russia. He discusses his inability to return to the United States to accept the nomination for justice of the Supreme Court, and the possibility that Madison has already sent his replacement to Russia in anticipation of Adams' leaving his post. Adams also mentions the recent birth of his daughter. Letter marked "private."

mssHM 23014

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John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to James Madison :

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Requesting information about Alexander Hamilton's plan of government read by him as a speech at the Constitutional Convention, 1787; would like to know the date of the speech and the question or subject in the debate which gave occasion to it; speech is to be published with the Journal of the Convention. Letter is incomplete, cut off below first paragraph (see published version in Founders Online, National Archives for complete text).

mssHM 23012

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John Quincy Adams, The Hague, letter to Sylvanus Bourne, Amsterdam :

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Adams mentions the rumor that George Washington will most likely be declining a third term as president and that sources suggest Thomas Jefferson for president and R.R. Livingston for vice president. Wondering if possible to remove double tonnage paid to admiralty or higher duties paid to the Council of the Colonies.

mssHM 20320

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John Quincy Adams, Berlin, letter to Elbridge Gerry :

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Regarding U.S. relations with France and Gerry's special diplomatic commission there (along with Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and John Marshall); letter also discusses the new decree against neutral navigation and commerce and U.S. relations with Great Britain. Endorsed by Gerry.

mssHM 22837

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John Quincy Adams, Washington, D.C., letter to John Gorham Palfrey :

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Adams reports that he still has not finished his article on China for the North American Review; he is too busy in Congress and preparing for a U.S. Supreme Court case, most likely United States v. The Amistad.

mssHM 26329

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John Quincy Adams, St. Petersburg, Russia, letter to John Armstrong :

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Letter from Adams as the newly appointed U.S. minister to Russia to the current U.S. minister to France. Adams discusses the need for a cipher for secure correspondence, his journey to Russia and his reception there, intelligence received regarding France and Napoleon since arriving, and the desire to communicate with the secretary of state and others in the United States.

mssHM 22922

John Quincy Adams, The Hague, letter to Jean Luzac :

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